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What Supplements Interact with Pindolol?

Pindolol brand names: Visken, Pindol. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

183 Interactions 5 Major 151 Moderate 27 Minor
Curated & coded by · Clinical Pharmacist · Updated September 22, 2026

Drug–supplement interaction data sourced from Natural Medicines Pro, the licensed clinical database from TRC Healthcare / Therapeutic Research, with additional analysis by the HelloPharmacist Pharmacist Team. Our sources · Editorial policy

What is this page for?

One answer, for one medication: what supplements and herbal products interact with Pindolol? Every vitamin, herb, and supplement ingredient we’ve checked against it is on this page, ranked by severity, each linking to the full report for that exact pair.

This page covers supplement interactions only — to check Pindolol against your other medications, use the drug–drug interaction checker. Educational information from our licensed clinical databases, not medical advice. Our editorial policy

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What is this? The interaction data in the HelloPharmacist supplement database is licensed from Natural Medicines Pro by TRC Healthcare (Therapeutic Research). HelloPharmacist pharmacists often add our own analysis and context on top of that licensed data — such as this Bottom Line summary and the notes on individual interaction pages — and any such commentary is noted as ours.

People prescribed pindolol (Visken), a beta-blocker, are usually treating high blood pressure, and they are often the very people drawn to heart-friendly supplements like fish oil. That overlap is why this list of 183 ingredients deserves genuine care, starting with the five rated major. Most entries either add to pindolol's pressure-lowering effect, risking dizziness or a slow heartbeat, or push against it and let pressure creep back up. Activated charcoal makes the major tier for a different reason, soaking up the drug in the gut before it can be absorbed.

A second cluster of 60 ingredients can slow the liver enzyme that clears pindolol, nudging its levels higher. Alongside the five majors sit 151 moderate and 27 minor entries, most reflecting those additive or opposing blood-pressure effects. Space charcoal-type products well apart from your dose, and give the five majors a close read before adding anything listed here.

— , Clinical Pharmacist · July 18, 2026

Major 5 Moderate 151 Minor 27 No known interaction 1,269

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Pindolol: Top Interactions at a Glance

The Pindolol supplement & herbal interactions people checked most in the last 24 hours, colored by severity. Tap any ingredient to open the full report for that pair.

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 183 interacting ingredients — plus 1,269 more checked with no known interaction. See the complete ranked list.

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The Most-Checked Pindolol Combinations Today

The Pindolol + supplement pages people viewed most in the last 24 hours (resets at midnight). Open any card for the full report.

Moderate Likelihood Possible Cajeput Oil + Pindololi

Evidence from in vitro research suggests that cajeput leaf extract can inhibit cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) by approximately 30%.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Reishi Mushroom + Pindololi

Theoretically, concurrent use of reishi mushroom with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

Read the full interaction Minor Likelihood Possible Fenugreek + Pindololi

Fenugreek may also have an additive effect on blood pressure-lowering medications.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Gentian + Pindololi

Theoretically, taking gentian with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Ceylon Cinnamon + Pindololi

Theoretically, Ceylon cinnamon might have additive effects with antihypertensive drugs and increase the risk of hypotension.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Hibiscus Sabdariffa + Pindololi

Theoretically, taking Hibiscus sabdariffa with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

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The complete list

Every Supplement Checked Against Pindolol

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 183 with a Pindolol interaction on file and 1,269 with none found. Filter by severity or search any ingredient; hover the for what each ingredient is.

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Straight answers

Can You Take It With Pindolol?

One-line answers, one card per combination — scroll through today’s 20 and tap any card for the full report. A different set rotates in daily until every combination has had its turn.

Can you take Cajeput Oil with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Evidence from in vitro research suggests that cajeput leaf extract can inhibit cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) by approximately 30%.

Full Cajeput Oil + Pindolol answer

Can you take Reishi Mushroom with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concurrent use of reishi mushroom with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

Full Reishi Mushroom + Pindolol answer

Can you take Fenugreek with Pindolol?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Fenugreek may also have an additive effect on blood pressure-lowering medications.

Full Fenugreek + Pindolol answer

Can you take Gentian with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking gentian with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

Full Gentian + Pindolol answer

Can you take Ceylon Cinnamon with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, Ceylon cinnamon might have additive effects with antihypertensive drugs and increase the risk of hypotension.

Full Ceylon Cinnamon + Pindolol answer

Can you take Asafoetida with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Evidence from animal research suggests that asafoetida has hypotensive effects.

Full Asafoetida + Pindolol answer

Can you take Ash with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use of ash seed with antihypertensive drugs might have additive blood pressure lowering effects.

Full Ash + Pindolol answer

Can you take Ashwagandha with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking ashwagandha with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

Full Ashwagandha + Pindolol answer

Can you take Baikal Skullcap with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use of Baikal skullcap with antihypertensive drugs might have additive effects and increase the risk of hypotensi...

Full Baikal Skullcap + Pindolol answer

Can you take Basil with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, basil might increase the risk of hypotension when taken with antihypertensive drugs.

Full Basil + Pindolol answer

Can you take Berberine with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, berberine might have additive effects with antihypertensive drugs.

Full Berberine + Pindolol answer

Can you take Beta-glucans with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking beta-glucans with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

Full Beta-glucans + Pindolol answer

Can you take Beta-methylphenethylamine (bmpea) with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, BMPEA might increase the levels and clinical effects of CYP2D6 substrates.

Full Beta-methylphenethylamine (bmpea) + Pindolol answer

Can you take Betony with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, betony might have additive effects with blood pressure lowering drugs due to hypotensive activity of the glycosides found in...

Full Betony + Pindolol answer

Can you take Biofeedback with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. There is some concern that electroencephalogram (EEG) biofeedback might lower the seizure threshold in some patients.

Full Biofeedback + Pindolol answer

Can you take Black Cohosh with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Some research suggests that black cohosh might inhibit CYP2D6, but there is conflicting evidence.

Full Black Cohosh + Pindolol answer

Can you take Black Pepper with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, black pepper might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2D6.

Full Black Pepper + Pindolol answer

Can you take Black Seed with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking black seed with antihypertensive drugs might increase the risk of hypotension.

Full Black Seed + Pindolol answer

Can you take Blue Cohosh with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Constituents in blue cohosh might increase blood pressure by causing coronary vasoconstriction.

Full Blue Cohosh + Pindolol answer

Can you take Boswellia Serrata with Pindolol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, Boswellia serrata might increase the levels of CYP2D6 substrates.

Full Boswellia Serrata + Pindolol answer
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What Severity, Likelihood & Evidence Mean

Severity — How Serious It Can Be

  • Major. Clinically significant; generally best avoided, or used only under direct professional supervision.
  • Moderate. May need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separating the times you take each one.
  • Minor. Generally not clinically significant, but still worth noting and mentioning to your pharmacist.
  • No known interaction. Checked against our sources with nothing documented — not the same as proven safety.

Likelihood — How Well It’s Documented

  • Likely. Well-controlled human studies have demonstrated the likely existence of this interaction
  • Probable. Interaction has not been documented in well-controlled studies, however, the interaction has been demonstrated in some small human studies or in controlled animal studies in conjunction with multiple case reports.
  • Possible. Interaction has been documented in animal or in lab research, or the interaction has been documented in humans but is limited to case reports or conflicting clinical research exists
  • Unlikely. Interaction has been demonstrated in animal or in lab research but has been shown not to occur in humans.

Where This Data Comes From

  • Interaction records are evidence-graded and sourced from the Natural Medicines database (TRC Healthcare), the same reference used by pharmacists and hospitals.
  • Each entry links to a full report with the clinical detail, likelihood, evidence level, and citations for that exact combination.
  • Content is reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists — see our data sources and editorial standards.

How Does Our Interaction Checker Work?

Behind every verdict on this page is a category system. Our source database doesn’t document supplement interactions drug-by-drug — it documents them against groups of medications that behave the same way (for example, “drugs processed by the CYP3A4 liver enzyme” or “blood-thinning medications”).

So the check works in three steps: (1) Pindolol is classified into the pharmacology categories it belongs to, (2) every supplement interaction documented against any of those categories is inherited by Pindolol, and (3) each ingredient keeps its own severity, likelihood, and evidence grades from the underlying record. That’s why one supplement can carry several records for one drug — it may interact through more than one category.

Pindolol sits in 5 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

Antihypertensive Drugs 119 ingredients

Blood-pressure-lowering medications. Supplements that lower (or raise) blood pressure can amplify or fight these drugs.

119 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Pindolol through this category.

Cytochrome P450 2D6 (Cyp2D6) Substrates 60 ingredients

A drug-metabolism group: these medications are processed by the named liver enzyme (a cytochrome P450). Supplements that speed this enzyme up or slow it down can lower or raise the medication's levels in your body.

60 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Pindolol through this category.

Oral Drugs 17 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

17 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Pindolol through this category.

Seizure Threshold Lowering Drugs 6 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

6 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Pindolol through this category.

Beta-Blockers 5 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

5 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Pindolol through this category.

About Pindolol

Pindolol is a beta-blocker tablet used to treat high blood pressure.

Generic name: Pindolol  ·  Brand names: Visken, Pindol.

See the full Pindolol drug information

Related: does Pindolol deplete any nutrients?

Pindolol has 4 reported nutrient associations in the research literature — see the Pindolol nutrient depletion report.

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Pindolol & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Pindolol?
Our database currently documents 183 ingredients with a known Pindolol interaction (5 major, 151 moderate, 27 minor). The practical move: scan the major group first, then look up the exact supplements you take rather than reading all 183. The highest-ranked right now: American Hellebore, Tyramine, Activated Charcoal.
Which Pindolol supplement interactions are the most serious?
The 5 major-rated combinations — led by American Hellebore, Tyramine, Activated Charcoal, American Mistletoe and Indian Snakeroot — deserve real caution: these are the ones generally best avoided, or used only with your prescriber watching. If you take any of them today, don't panic and don't stop anything abruptly — call your pharmacist first. Jump to the ranked list.
Can I take vitamins or supplements while on Pindolol?
Plenty of supplements coexist fine with Pindolol; a shorter list does not. Rather than memorizing it, check the specific ingredients on your labels — the ranked list above covers every one we've checked, and multi-ingredient products can be checked label-by-label with our scanner. Try the label scanner or the interaction checker.
Do brands like Visken have the same supplement interactions as Pindolol?
Yes — Visken, Pindol all contain Pindolol, so everything on this page applies to them equally. Interactions belong to the active drug, never to the brand on the box; the same is true of generics.
Where do these interaction ratings come from?
Every rating comes from the Natural Medicines database — the same evidence-graded reference pharmacists and hospitals use — and each interaction carries three separate grades: severity (how bad it can be), likelihood (how well it's documented in studies and case reports), and an evidence level. Our pharmacists review the content; we never let an AI decide an interaction. See how to read the ratings and our editorial policy.
Does Pindolol deplete any vitamins or nutrients?
It might — Pindolol has 4 reported nutrient-depletion associations in the research literature, which is a different question from interactions: instead of a supplement changing the drug, the drug may lower a nutrient over time. See the Pindolol nutrient depletion report for the specifics and what to discuss with your pharmacist.
What about Pindolol and my other medications?
This page covers Pindolol against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Pindolol against your other prescription or OTC medications is a different tool — our drug interaction checker covers that side. Head to the drug–drug interaction checker, or read the full Pindolol drug information.

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